All around this is an almost totally black screen. Now, as the camera moves slowly towards the window which is almost a postage stamp in the frame, other forms appear; barbed wire, cyclone fencing, and now, looming up against an early morning sky, enormous iron grille work. Camera travels up what is now shown to be a gateway of gigantic proportions and holds on the top of it - a huge initial "K"
Barely audible, an organ plays a haunting theme. The title credits appear. They are simple green lettering on a black background.
BLACK
TV MONITOR
Point of view from inside a small medicine cabinet. The door is opened creating a low hum, and throwing light on THX 1138, a man about thirty-five years old. He has a closely shaved head: which makes him appear bald. The image is distorted as seen over
COPYCAT
Third draft by
Frank Pierson
Participating writers:
Ann Biderman
Jay Presson Allen
INT. LECTURE HALL BERKELEY - DAY
The hall is full. On the stage, DR. HELEN HUDSON is
speaking. HELEN is a forensic psychologist. Behind her is
a projected diagram: PREDISPOSITION, DISSOCIATION, TRAUMA,
FANTASY, VIOLENT FANTASY, FACILITATORS, MURDER, and
TRAUMA-REINFORCEMENT which she can point to with a las
Of glowing honey-colored stones. Their shapes ABSTRACT as THE CAMERA EXAMINES air bubbles and crystalline patterns.
MOVING UP AND OVER this amber abstraction, the CAMERA FINDS unusual shapes and imperfections caught in the glassy stone: flecks of dirt, hairs, cracks. STILL MOVING. STARBURSTS OF LIGHT ricochet off the different surfaces of the stones.
CAMERA TURNS along a creamy stretch of amber.
A hand reaches for it, bringing the receiver up to the face of CASEY BECKER, a young girl, no more than sixteen. A friendly face with innocent eyes.
CASEY
Hello.
MANS VOICE
(from phone)
Hello.
Silence.
CASEY
Yes.
MAN
DAVE
BY
GARY ROSS
FADE IN:
EXT. WASHINGTON D.C. - AERIAL SHOT - DAY
It sits like a jewel off in the distance -- all glittering
and white. The deep blue of the Potomac stands out against
the monuments as the sound of a HELICOPTER plays O.s..
SMASH CUT
TO:
EXT. WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS - DAY
The most famous helicopter in the world lumbers toward the
most famous house. Scores of reporters are camped out
DUNE
the motion picture screenplay
Foreword by Matthew Robinson and Kirk Boweat City University, London England
There are a number of things to note about this script:
The formatting is not exactly the same as the script that it was copied from. However, the scenes are all on the same pages that they appear in the script.
The pages are not numbered because the original script contained inconsi
The Saul Zaentz Company
THE ENGLISH PATIENT
Screenplay by
Anthony Minghella
Based on the novel by
Michael Ondaatje
Directed by
Anthony Minghella
Produced by
Saul Zaentz
Revised Draft (*)
28th August, 1995
O 1995 The Saul Zaentz Company
1. EXT. LATE 1942. THE SAHARA DESERT. DAY.
SILENCE. THE DESERT seen from the air. An ocean of dunes for mile after mile. The late sun turns the sand every color fr
Return of the Jedi
Story by George Lucas
Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan
George Lucas
Produced by Howard Kazanjian
Robert Watts
Jim Bloom
Directed by Richard Marquand
Cast List:
Mark Hamill Luke Skywalker
Harrison Ford Han Solo
Carrie Fisher Princess Leia Organa
Billy Dee Williams Lando Calrissian
Anthony Daniels See-Threepio (C-3PO)
Alec Guiness Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Frank Oz Yoda
James Earl Jones V